A survivor cries inside a stadium being used as an evacuation center in Tacloban, on Leyte Island.

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Projected path of Typhoon Haiyan

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A resident walks by a toppled car outside an airport terminal in the city of Tacloban, where 10,000 people are believed to have been killed in the typhoon.

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TACLOBAN, PHILIPPINES - NOVEMBER 10: Two young boys look at the devastation in the aftermath of typhoon Haiyan on November 10, 2013 in Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan, packing maximum sustained winds of 195 mph (315 kph), slammed into the southern Philippines and left a trail of destruction in multiple provinces, forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate and making travel by air and land to hard-hit provinces difficult. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

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The hand of a dead body lies in the water after typhoon Haiyan hit Tacloban city, Leyte province central Philippines on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. The city remains littered with debris from damaged homes as many complain of shortage of food, water and no electricity since the Typhoon Haiyan slammed into their province. Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, slammed into six central Philippine islands on Friday, leaving a wide swath of destruction and scores of people dead. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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TOPSHOTS This handout photograph taken on November 10, 2013 and released by the Malacanang Photo Bureau (MPB) shows an aerial view of the damage in Leyte following Super Typhoon Haiyan in the area. The death toll from a super typhoon that decimated entire towns in the Philippines could soar well over 10,000, authorities warned Sunday, making it the country's worst recorded natural disaster. AFP PHOTO/RYAN LIM/MALACANANG PHOTO BUREAU = RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/RYAN LIM/MALACANANG PHOTO BUREAU" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS =RYAN LIM/AFP/Getty Images

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A handout picture released by the Malacanang Photo Bureau (MPB) shows Philippines' President Benigno Aquino III (L) distributing water to families displaced by Super Typhoon Haiyan that hit Leyte on November 10, 2013. The death toll from the super typhoon that decimated entire towns in the Philippines could soar well over 10,000, authorities warned, making it the country's worst recorded natural disaster. AFP PHOTO / MALACANANG PHOTO BUREAU / RYAN LIM == RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / MALACANANG PHOTO BUREAU / RYAN LIM" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS ==RYAN LIM/AFP/Getty Images

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Residents walk past dead bodies littered alongs a road in Tacloban, Leyte province, central Philippines on November 10, 2013, three days after devastating Typhoon Haiyan hit the city on November 8. The death toll from a super typhoon that decimated entire towns in the Philippines could soar well over 10,000, authorities warned on November 10, making it the country's worst recorded natural disaster. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBETED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images

A resident cries as she related her ordeal at the height of Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban City, Leyte province, central Philippines on November 10, 2013, three days after devastating Typhoon Haiyan hit the city on November 8. The death toll from a super typhoon that decimated entire towns in the Philippines could soar well over 10,000, authorities warned on November 10, making it the country's worst recorded natural disaster. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBETED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images

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MANILA, PHILIPPINES - NOVEMBER 10: Affected residents wait in line for relief goods at a heavily damaged airport on November 10, 2013 in Tacloban City, Leyte, Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan, packing maximum sustained winds of 195 mph (315 kph), slammed into the southern Philippines and left a trail of destruction in multiple provinces, forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate and making travel by air and land to hard-hit provinces difficult. Around 10,000 people are feared dead in the strongest typhoon to hit the Philippines this year. (Photo by Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images)

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TOPSHOTS Residents carry a mattres taken from a hotel in Palo, eastern island of Leyte on November 10, 2013, three days after devastating Super Typhoon Haiyan hit the area on November 8. The death toll from a super typhoon that decimated entire towns in the Philippines could soar well over 10,000, authorities warned on November 10, making it the country's worst recorded natural disaster. AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELISNOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images

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Residents force open a small grocery as they start to loot in Tacloban city, Leyte province central Philippines on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. The city remains littered with debris from damaged homes as many complain of shortages of food and water and no electricity since Typhoon Haiyan slammed into their province. Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, slammed into six central Philippine islands on Friday leaving a wide swath of destruction and scores of people dead. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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TOPSHOTS Children peek out from their makeshift shelter in Tacloban, on the eastern island of Leyte on November 10, 2013. A super typhoon that destroyed entire towns across the Philippines is believed to have killed more than 10,000 people, authorities said on November 10, which would make it the country's deadliest recorded natural disaster. TOPSHOTS / AFP PHOTO/NOEL CELISNOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images

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A man carries another along damaged structures in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. The city remains littered with debris from damaged homes as many complain of shortages of food and water and no electricity since Typhoon Haiyan slammed into their province. Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, slammed into six central Philippine islands on Friday, leaving a wide swath of destruction and scores of people dead. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Rescuers (L) ride on a truck as they pass by destroyed houses and debris along a road in Tacloban, on the eastern island of Leyte on November 10, 2013 after Super Typhoon Haiyan swept over the Philippines. The typhoon that destroyed entire towns across the Philippines is believed to have killed more than 10,000 people, authorities said on November 10, which would make it the country's deadliest recorded natural disaster. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBETED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images

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Boys, center, evacuate to safe grounds in Tacloban city, Leyte province central Philippines on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. The city remains littered with debris from damaged homes as many complain of shortages of food and water and no electricity since Typhoon Haiyan slammed into their province. Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, slammed into six central Philippine islands on Friday, leaving a wide swath of destruction and scores of people dead. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Residents carry relief goods along the bay in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. The city remains littered with debris from damaged homes as many complain of shortages of food and water and no electricity since Typhoon Haiyan slammed into their province. Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, slammed into six central Philippine islands on Friday, leaving a wide swath of destruction and scores of people dead. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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Survivors walk by a large ship after it was washed ashore by strong waves caused by powerful Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. The city remains littered with debris from damaged homes as many complain of shortages of food and water and no electricity since Typhoon Haiyan slammed into their province. Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, slammed into six central Philippine islands on Friday, leaving a wide swath of destruction and scores of people dead. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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A survivor carries relief goods amongst the devastation after powerful Typhoon Haiyan slammed into Tacloban city, Leyte province central Philippines on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013. Rescuers in the central Philippines counted at least 100 people dead and many more injured Saturday, a day after one of the most powerful typhoons on record ripped through the region, wiping away buildings and leveling seaside homes with massive storm surges. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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This image provided by NASA shows Typhoon Haiyan taken by Astronaut Karen L. Nyberg aboard the International Space Station Saturday Nov. 9, 2013. Rescuers in the central Philippines counted at least 100 dead and many more injured Saturday a day after one of the most powerful typhoons on record ripped through the region, wiping away buildings and leveling seaside homes in massive storm surges, then headed for Vietnam. (AP Photo/NASA, Karen L. Nyberg)

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A resident carries boxes of milk as he passes by ships washed ashore by strong waves in Tacloban city, Leyte province central Philippines on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013. The city remains littered with debris from damaged homes as many complain of shortage of food, water and no electricity since the Typhoon Haiyan slammed into their province. Haiyan, one of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded, slammed into central Philippine provinces Friday leaving a wide swath of destruction and scores of people dead. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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TOPSHOTS A body of a dead man is seen at the bay of Tacloban, eastern island of Leyte on November 10, 2013. A super typhoon that destroyed entire towns across the Philippines is believed to have killed more than 10,000 people, authorities said on November 10, which would make it the country's deadliest recorded natural disaster. AFP PHOTO/NOEL CELISNOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images

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Residents carry furniture taken from a hotel in Palo, eastern island of Leyte on November 10, 2013, three days after devastating Super Typhoon Haiyan hit the area on November 8. The death toll from a super typhoon that decimated entire towns in the Philippines could soar well over 10,000, authorities warned on November 10, making it the country's worst recorded natural disaster. AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELISNOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images

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Survivors from Tacloban, which was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan disembark a Philippine Air Force C-130 aircraft at the Villamor Airbase, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, in Manila, Philippines. Authorities said at least 9.7 million people in 41 provinces were affected by the typhoon, known as Haiyan elsewhere in Asia but called Yolanda in the Philippines. It was likely the deadliest natural disaster to beset this poor Southeast Asian nation. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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Typhoon survivors from Tacloban disembark a Philippine Air Force C-130 cargo plane at Villamor Airbase, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, in Manila, Philippines. Authorities said at least 9.7 million people in 41 provinces were affected by the typhoon, which was likely the deadliest natural disaster to beset this poor Southeast Asian nation. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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Survivors of the super Typhoon Haiyan, board a C-130 military plane bound for Cebu at Tacloban airport, Leyte province, central Philippines, on November 12, 2013, days after super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the city on November 8. The death toll from a super Typhoon that decimated the entire towns in the Philippines could soar well over 10,000 authorities warned Novenmber 10, making it the country's worst recorded natural disaster, as desperate and hungry victims looted shops. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBETED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images

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131024-N-IP531-236 SOUTH CHINA SEA (Oct. 24, 2013) Photo taken on October 24, 2013 and release by the US Navy on November 12 shows an aircraft director signaling the pilots of a C-2A Greyhound from the "Providers" of Fleet Logistics Support Squadron (VRC) 30, Detachment 5, as it prepares to launch from the flight deck of the US Navy's forward-deployed aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73). US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered the aircraft carrier USS George Washington and other American ships to head to the typhoon-stricken Philippines, the Pentagon said on November 11. AFP PHOTO / US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chris Cavagnaro ----EDITORS NOTE ----RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / US Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Chris Cavagnaro" NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO ARCHIVES-----Chris Cavagnaro/AFP/Getty Images

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Survivors from Tacloban, which was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan disembark a Philippine Air Force C-130 aircraft at the Villamor Airbase, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, in Manila, Philippines. Authorities said at least 9.7 million people in 41 provinces were affected by the typhoon, which was likely the deadliest natural disaster to beset this poor Southeast Asian nation. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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Typhoon survivors queue up to get a chance to board a C-130 military transport plane, Tuesday Nov. 12, 2013, in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines. Thousands of typhoon survivors swarmed the airport on Tuesday seeking a flight out, but only a few hundred made it, leaving behind a shattered, rain-lashed city short of food and water and littered with countless bodies. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Residents walk towards their destroyed houses after a military chopper delivered relief food at an isolated isalnd of Victory off Guiuan town, Eastern Samar,central Philippines, on November 11, 2013, days after super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the town on November 8. The death toll from a super Typhoon that decimated the entire towns in the Philippines could soar well over 10,000 authorities warned Novenmber 10, making it the country's worst recorded natural disaster, as desperate and hungry victims looted shops. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBETED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images

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Typhoon survivors jostle to get a chance to board a C-130 military transport plane, Tuesday Nov. 12, 2013, in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines. Thousands of typhoon survivors swarmed the airport on Tuesday seeking a flight out, but only a few hundred made it, leaving behind a shattered, rain-lashed city short of food and water and littered with countless bodies. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Survivors of the super Typhoon Haiyan, board a C-130 military plane at Tacloban airport, Leyte province, central Philippines, on November 12, 2013, days after super Typhoon Haiyan devastated the city on November 8, as residents desperately leave the city due to approaching storm. The death toll from a super Typhoon that decimated the entire towns in the Philippines could soar well over 10,000 authorities warned Novenmber 10, making it the country's worst recorded natural disaster, as desperate and hungry victims looted shops. AFP PHOTO/TED ALJIBETED ALJIBE/AFP/Getty Images

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Typhoon survivors jostle to get a chance to board a C-130 military transport plane, Tuesday Nov. 12, 2013 in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines. Thousands of typhoon survivors swarmed the airport on Tuesday seeking a flight out, but only a few hundred made it, leaving behind a shattered, rain-lashed city short of food and water and littered with countless bodies. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Typhoon survivors jostle to get a chance to board a C-130 military transport plane, Tuesday Nov. 12, 2013, in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines. Thousands of typhoon survivors swarmed the airport on Tuesday seeking a flight out, but only a few hundred made it, leaving behind a shattered, rain-lashed city short of food and water and littered with countless bodies. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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A general view from the damaged control tower of the airport shows a C-130 aircraft (L) taking part in evacuation operations in Tacloban, on the eastern island of Leyte on November 12, 2013 after Super Typhoon Haiyan swept over the Philippines. The typhoon that destroyed entire towns across the Philippines is believed to have killed more than 10,000 people, which would make it the country's deadliest recorded natural disaster. AFP PHOTO/Philippe LopezPHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images

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A typhoon survivor cries after being denied boarding a C-130 military transport plane, Tuesday Nov. 12, 2013, in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines. Thousands of typhoon survivors swarmed the airport on Tuesday seeking a flight out, but only a few hundred made it, leaving behind a shattered, rain-lashed city short of food and water and littered with countless bodies. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Typhoon survivors take shelter from the rain as they queue up in the hopes of boarding an evacuation flight on a C-130 military transport plane, Tuesday Nov. 12, 2013, in Tacloban, central Philippines. Thousands of typhoon survivors swarmed the airport on Tuesday seeking a flight out, but only a few hundred made it, leaving behind a shattered, rain-lashed city short of food and water and littered with countless bodies. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Typhoon survivors hang signs from their necks as they queue up in the hopes of boarding a C-130 military transport plane Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, in Tacloban, central Philippines. Thousands of typhoon survivors swarmed the airport on Tuesday seeking a flight out, but only a few hundred made it, leaving behind a shattered, rain-lashed city short of food and water and littered with countless bodies. The typhoon, known as Haiyan elsewhere in Asia but called Yolanda in the Philippines, was likely the deadliest natural disaster to beset this poor Southeast Asian nation. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Typhoon victims wait to be evacuated at the airport in Tacloban, on the eastern island of Leyte on November 12, 2013 after Super Typhoon Haiyan swept over the Philippines. The typhoon that destroyed entire towns across the Philippines is believed to have killed more than 10,000 people, which would make it the country's deadliest recorded natural disaster. AFP PHOTO/Philippe LopezPHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images

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A survivor from Tacloban, which was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan gestures while sitting on the ground after disembarking a Philippine Air Force C-130 aircraft at the Villamor Airbase, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, in Manila, Philippines. Authorities said at least 9.7 million people in 41 provinces were affected by the typhoon, known as Haiyan elsewhere in Asia but called Yolanda in the Philippines. It was likely the deadliest natural disaster to beset this poor Southeast Asian nation. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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A survivor from Tacloban, which was devastated by Typhoon Haiyan cries while taking on a mobile phone after disembarking a Philippine Air Force C-130 aircraft at the Villamor Airbase, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, in Manila, Philippines. Authorities said at least 9.7 million people in 41 provinces were affected by the typhoon, known as Haiyan elsewhere in Asia but called Yolanda in the Philippines. It was likely the deadliest natural disaster to beset this poor Southeast Asian nation. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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Typhoon victims wait to be evacuated at the airport in Tacloban, on the eastern island of Leyte on November 12, 2013 after Super Typhoon Haiyan swept over the Philippines. The typhoon that destroyed entire towns across the Philippines is believed to have killed more than 10,000 people, which would make it the country's deadliest recorded natural disaster. AFP PHOTO/Philippe LopezPHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images

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A Philippine air force officer hands out orange slices to typhoon survivors as they line up to board a C-130 military transport plane, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, in Tacloban city, central Philippines. Thousands of typhoon survivors swarmed the airport on Tuesday seeking a flight out, but only a few hundred made it, leaving behind a shattered, rain-lashed city short of food and water and littered with countless bodies. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Philippine military personnel secure the airstrip as frustrated families wait for evacuation flights in Tacloban, central Philippines, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013. Thousands of typhoon survivors swarmed the airport on Tuesday seeking a flight out, but only a few hundred made it, leaving behind a shattered, rain-lashed city short of food and water and littered with countless bodies. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)

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A surivor walks among the debris of houses destroyed by Super Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban in the eastern Philippine island of Leyte on November 11, 2013. The United States, Australia and the United Nations mobilised emergency aid to the Philippines as the scale of the devastation unleashed by Super Typhoon Haiyan emerged on November 11. AFP PHOTO / NOEL CELISNOEL CELIS/AFP/Getty Images

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An aerial image taken from a Philippine Air Force helicopter shows the devastation of the first landfall by typhoon Haiyan in Guiuan, Eastern Samar province, central Philippines Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. Authorities said at least 2 million people in 41 provinces had been affected by Friday's typhoon Haiyan and at least 23,000 houses had been damaged or destroyed. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

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Residents queue up to receive treatment and relief supplies at Tacloban airport Monday Nov. 11, 2013, following Friday's typhoon Haiyan that lashed this city and several provinces in central Philippines. Typhoon-ravaged Philippine islands faced an unimaginably huge recovery effort that had barely begun Monday, as bloated bodies lay uncollected and uncounted in the streets and survivors pleaded for food, water and medicine.

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Survivors look up at a military C-130 plane as it arrives at typhoon-ravaged Tacloban city, Leyte province in central Philippines on Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. Stunned survivors of one of the most powerful typhoons ever to make landfall picked through the remains of their homes Monday and pleaded for food and medicine as the Philippines struggled to deal with what is likely its deadliest natural disaster. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

Tacloban, Philippines -- Corpses hung from trees, lay scattered on sidewalks and were buried in demolished buildings - some of the 10,000 people believed killed in the Philippine city of Tacloban by powerful Typhoon Haiyan.

As the scale of devastation became clear Sunday from one of the worst storms ever recorded, officials projected the death toll could climb even higher when emergency crews reach parts of the archipelago cut off by flooding and landslides. Desperate residents raided grocery stores and gas stations in search of food, fuel and water as the government began relief efforts and international aid operations got under way.

Even in a nation regularly beset by earthquakes, volcanoes and tropical storms, Typhoon Haiyan appears to be the deadliest natural disaster on record.

Haiyan hit the eastern seaboard of the Philippines on Friday and quickly barreled across its central islands, packing winds of 147 mph that gusted to 170 mph, and a storm surge of 20 feet.

Its sustained winds weakened to 74 mph as the typhoon made landfall in northern Vietnam early Monday after crossing the South China Sea, according to meteorologists. Authorities there evacuated hundreds of thousands of people.

Hardest hit in the Philippines was Leyte Island, where officials said there may be 10,000 dead in the provincial capital of Tacloban. Reports also trickled in from elsewhere on the island, as well as from neighboring islands, indicating hundreds more deaths, although it will be days before the full extent of the storm can be assessed.

"On the way to the airport we saw many bodies along the street," said Philippine-born Australian Mila Ward, 53, who was waiting at the Tacloban airport to catch a military flight back to Manila, about 360 miles to the northwest. "They were covered with just anything - tarpaulin, roofing sheets, cardboard." She said she passed "well over 100" bodies.

Haiyan inflicted serious damage to at least six of the archipelago's more than 7,000 islands, with Leyte, neighboring Samar Island, and the northern part of Cebu appearing to bear the brunt of the storm. About 4 million people were affected by the storm, the national disaster agency said.

On Samar, Leo Dacaynos of the provincial disaster office said 300 people were confirmed dead in one town and another 2,000 were missing, with some towns yet to be reached by rescuers. He pleaded for food and water, adding that power was out and there was no cell phone signal, making communication possible only by radio.

The Philippine National Red Cross said its efforts were hampered by looters, including some who attacked trucks of food and other relief supplies it shipped to Tacloban from the southern port of Davao.

Tacloban's two largest malls and grocery stores were looted, and police guarded a fuel depot. About 200 police officers were sent into the city to restore order.

With other rampant looting reported, President Benigno Aquino III said he was considering declaring a state of emergency or martial law in Tacloban.

The massive casualties occurred even though the government had evacuated nearly 800,000 people ahead of the typhoon.

Haiyan is a catastrophe of epic proportions that has shocked the impoverished and densely populated nation of 96 million people. Its winds were among the strongest ever recorded, and it appears to have killed many more people than the previous deadliest Philippine storm, Thelma, in which about 5,100 people died in 1991.